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Friday, March 7
 

8:00am PST

D02 Corridos as Cultural Narratives (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters East 2
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This session explores corridos as cultural and literary narratives, offering Spanish teachers tools to analyze themes, historical contexts, and literary devices. Participants will discover strategies to engage students with these songs, fostering global connectedness through music, language, and culture, while challenging the view that corridos are solely a negative part of society.
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters East 2
  Workshop, 3-hour

8:00am PST

D04 Building Classroom Communities: Empowering Teachers with Strategies for Culturally Cohesive and Connected Learning (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Courtyard 1
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This workshop is designed to help world language teachers develop essential skills to foster strong classroom communities centered on culture. Participants will explore practical strategies for creating positive, culturally responsive learning environments, using high-leverage instructional methods, and integrating technology to engage students in meaningful cultural connections.
Presenters
VB
avatar for Ana Mendoza
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Courtyard 1
  Workshop, 3-hour

8:00am PST

D07 (6-hr) Curriculum Ideas for the Spanish for Heritage Learners Classroom (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 1
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See a sample scope and sequence with units for a Spanish as a Heritage Language course, including: Growth Mindset; Value of Bilingualism; History & Cultural Identity; Power of Language, Literature & Arts. We’ll also explore strategies for a Spanish-only class, process-writing, a course-wide rubric menu and more. Participants will be given digital access to course materials, and the workshop will include built-in time for participants to adapt concepts into their own course, as well as share ideas with each other.
Presenters
avatar for Michael Silva

Michael Silva

Hillsdale High School
Michael Silva is a teacher of Spanish at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California where he has served as department chair and WL coordinator for the district. He previously taught the WL teaching methods course at the Stanford Teacher Education Program for nearly 10 years, served... Read More →
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 1
  Workshop, 6-hour

12:45pm PST

E04 Learning Can and Should be Fun- Projects for Proficiency to Step up Your Game (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Courtyard 1
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Are you struggling to design or implement a project that will showcase your students’ abilities and grasp of the material? It is time to look at how project-based learning can revitalize teaching and learning!
Presenters
YT
DL
Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Courtyard 1
  Workshop, 3-hour

12:45pm PST

E05 Puentes entre Culturas y Comunidades a través de las 3 C's - Bridging Cultures and Communities: Through the 3 C's (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
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This workshop explores how language teaching can foster global connectedness through the 3 C’s—Communication, Cultures, and Connections. Participants will engage in interactive activities and strategies that build culturally responsive classrooms, empowering students to communicate across borders and deepen their global awareness.
Presenters
VB
avatar for Ana Mendoza
Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
  Workshop, 3-hour

5:00pm PST

F03 (2-hr) La cultura en el aula de español:el deporte (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Courtyard 1
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How do sports create a reality to hispanic culture in the Spanish classroom? Explore the origins of the Olympic games, the role of women in sports and celebrate hispanic champions and sports heroes. This session includes interactive activities that enrich cultural competence via sports.
Presenters
avatar for Ines Garcia Sal

Ines Garcia Sal

Education advisor, Spanish Embassy Education Office
I work for the Spanish Embassy education office in Los Angeles. We promote and support the teaching and learning of Spanish through different programs such asSummer courses in Spain 2022: deadline April 1st 2022 North American Language & Culture Assistants (NALCAP) Application pe... Read More →
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Courtyard 1
  Workshop, 2-hour
 
Saturday, March 8
 

11:15am PST

G09 Rising to the Occasion: Growth Mindset in the World Language Classroom
Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Loft 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Studies show that a growth mindset in students leads to increased motivation and achievement. As a result of transparent and realistic goal setting, students are more likely to take the risks that are so vital to language acquisition. Participants will discuss and engage in practical ways to incorporate growth mindset in their classrooms.
Growth mindset skills transcend content areas and elevate life and languages by carrying these skills beyond the classroom and into a dynamic and interconnected world.
Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Loft 2
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H02 Classroom Jobs: Fostering a Sense of Community and Belonging in the World Language Classroom
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Brickstones
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Put those kids to work...with classroom jobs! In this session, participants will explore different kinds of classroom jobs, learn about their benefits, and collaborate on how and when to implement them. Participants of this interactive session will leave with a plan to implement jobs in their own classroom, as well as a toolkit to prepare them for potential challenges they may face.
Presenters
avatar for Jordan Lampenfeld

Jordan Lampenfeld

Oak Ridge High School
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Brickstones
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H05 Unlocking the World with Virtual Exchanges
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Explore transformative benefits of virtual exchanges. Virtual exchanges offer authentic communication experiences, enhance interpersonal speaking skills, boost confidence for proficiency assessments, pave the way to the Seal of Biliteracy, and develop 21st-century skills. See how you can empower your students to become adept communicators and global citizens.
Presenters
LI
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters West 2
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H09 Translanguaging in WL: Pushing the boundaries of languages for proficiency and identity sustenance (Part 1)
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Loft 1
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Language teachers navigate pedagogical spaces where language practices are fluid and dynamic, like their communities. In this presentation we will interrogate a recent conceptual “buzzword,” translanguaging, and explore its pedagogical implications where student identity and communicative potential intersect.
Presenters
EM
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Loft 1
  Interest Session

3:00pm PST

I09 Translanguaging in WL: Pushing the boundaries of languages for proficiency and identity sustenance (Part 2)
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Loft 1
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Language teachers navigate pedagogical spaces where language practices are fluid and dynamic, like their communities. In this presentation we will investigate a recent conceptual “buzzword,” translanguaging, and explore its pedagogical implications where student identity and communicative potential intersect.
Presenters
EM
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Loft 1
  Interest Session

4:45pm PST

J04 Global Connections in the French Classroom: Including Haitian Voices to Break Stereotypes
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Loft 1
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Are you interested in broadening your French curriculum by including Haitian culture and helping students break stereotypes? Haiti’s history has often been erased, and the media have mainly reduced Haiti to a country plagued by poverty and chaos, but the French classroom is the ideal place to change this narrative by including Haitian voices.
Presenters
LC
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Loft 1
  Interest Session

4:45pm PST

J05 Mythical and Historical Mexican Women
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
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In this session, participants will explore the integration of influential historical and mythical Mexican women into their lessons. We’ll examine the cultural, social, and historical contexts that shaped these women’s lives and explore their lasting impact on Mexican culture. This session celebrates the resilience, creativity, and empowerment embodied by these legendary figures.
Presenters
avatar for Elizabeth Cisneros
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

5:45pm PST

K02 What a Character! Games and Activities to Practice Reading and Writing Chinese Characters in the Beginner Classroom
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Loft 1
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One of the biggest challenges for novice learners of Mandarin Chinese is learning Chinese characters. The task of learning a language with thousands of unique and distinct characters can be daunting for students who are used to an alphabet. In this interactive session, participants will get to try a variety of activities that make learning reading and writing Chinese characters fun and exciting.
Presenters
JF
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Loft 1
  Interest Session

5:45pm PST

K09 California Association of Japanese Language Teachers (CAJLT) Annual General Meeting
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Loft 2
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Calling all supporters of Japanese language education! Please stop by to join our CAJLT community to engage in conversations with fellow educators - including sharing brilliant classroom ideas as well as timely concerns for Japanese education. Leave this meeting with a renewed sense of community, take home resources for your teaching, and walk away with a bright smile and a full heart!
Presenters
avatar for Cameron Chien

Cameron Chien

Japanese Teacher / Instructional Coach, North Salinas High School
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Loft 2
  Interest Session

5:45pm PST

K10 Global Connectedness Through Spanish Literature
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Courtyard 1
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Did you know that there is exciting use for realia in literature class? Come learn how to use authentic materials to elucidate the texts and bring the literature to life in your classroom. The presenter received a CLTA travel grant to Salamanca this summer and will share her insights for making your Spanish literature class engaging. Learn to apply for the CLTA grants so that you can travel too!
Presenters
MT
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Courtyard 1
  Interest Session
 
Sunday, March 9
 

10:00am PDT

M06 Why do some learners benefit from feedback while others do not? Insights from a feedback literacy perspective.
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Great Room 8
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Why do some students benefit from teacher feedback on written texts for learning, while others do not? This session will introduce the concept of feedback literacy to explore the multifaceted nature of students’ responses to feedback. Participants will discuss and share strategies to enhance student learning through written feedback.
Presenters
avatar for Jun Takahashi

Jun Takahashi

Assistant professor, San Diego State University
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Great Room 8
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